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Books in the Families genre:

Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957)

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A woman with a magic way of curing children’s bad habits tries her hand with a bully, a whisperer, and a slowpoke and formulates cures for a show-off and a crybaby. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

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Magic by the Lake (1957)

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On a vacation with their mother and stepfather, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha find themselves overwhelmed with a lakeful of magical adventures after Mark captures an ancient turtle that seems to have extraordinary powers. Read online at archive.o... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957)

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is the widow of a pirate who lives in a house built upside down. When worried mothers call her about Jane or Darci’s behavior problems, she always has a solution. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic (1957)

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle sometimes comes up with surprising cures for childrens’ problems. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

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Rock Hounds (1958)

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When Eddie’s cousin Priscilla joins him at science camp he is certain she will ruin it for him.

Author(s): Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Illustrator(s): Arnold Spilka

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The Time Garden (1958)

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While spending the summer in a house by the sea, four cousins, Roger, Ann, Eliza, and Jack, discover a bank of wild thyme whose magic propels them on a series of adventures back and forth through time. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

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Magic or Not? (1959)

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When Laura learns the well at her new house is a wishing well, she plunges right in.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

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My Side of the Mountain (1959)

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Sam Gribley takes to the woods and lives by himself for a year.

Author(s): Jean Craighead George
Illustrator(s): Jean Craighead George

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1960
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The Nine Questions (1959)

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Willie sets out to seek his fortune with his watch, his feather cap, a silver whistle and a feather bag. Along his journey he learns the answers to the nine questions which will allow him to find his father and assume his rightful place in the kingdo... View More

Author(s): Edward Fenton
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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The Trouble with Jenny’s Ear (1960)

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When Jenny starts hearing people’s thoughts, her brothers figure out how to cash in.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s): Julian de Miskey

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The Well-Wishers (1960)

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Laura, Lydia, James and Kip put the old wishing well on its mettle, and it delivers. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

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To Tame a Sister (1961)

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Margaret goes to stay with her cousins, but her two mischievous brothers come as well and threaten to spoil everything.

Author(s): Gillian Avery
Illustrator(s): John Verney

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The Diamond in the Window (1962)

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Following the clues scratched on a window in their attic Eleanor and Eddy embark on a series of adventures across time and space. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Langton
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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Linnets and Valerians (1964)

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Fleeing the threat of boarding schools, the four Linnet children leave their grandmother’s house and find refuge with their uncle and enter a magical kingdom. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): Ian Ribbons

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The Far-Distant Oxus (1969)

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Three children spend the summer holiday on Exmoor where they find ponies, friends and adventure. This is a somewhat shorter version of the original work. The original illustrations have also been dispensed with.

Author(s): Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s): Karl W. Stuecklen

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The Finches’ Fabulous Furnace (1971)

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When the Finches move into Number Seven Pride Street, they discover something in the cellar. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Roger Wolcott Drury
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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The Patchwork Cat (1981)

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Tabby goes in search of her patchwork quilt and has many adventures before she gets home again. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Mayne
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

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Run Away Home (1982)

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The Marlows help a young boy return to his father, but it requires a dangerous sea voyage.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Roger Phillips

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Walt and Skeezix 1921 & 1922 (2005)

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Frank O. King’s newspaper strip Gasoline Alley, starring Walt Wallet, first appeared November 24, 1918. In the strip for February 14, 1921, a baby, whom Walt names Skeezix is left on Walt’s doorstep. This is the first volume in the collec... View More

Author(s): Frank King
Illustrator(s): Frank King

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The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume One Daily Comics 1924-1927 (2008)

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This is the first volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips from 1924-1927 as well as a few atypical Sunday strips that advance the plot.

Author(s): Harold Gray
Illustrator(s): Harold Gray

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